I would’ve preferred something a little more elegant than her platform heels. I’m also torn on her decision to wear her hair down, especially with that gorgeous bow detail on the back of her dress. I envision it looking amazing had she opted for a sleek up-do.

Regardless of those two minor details, she’s definitely an early BDOTW contender.

The dress is magnificent and the colour suits her perfectly. I’m not crazy about her sky-high platform heels (in this I agree with you) but I don’t hate them, to be honest: they give a quirky (or may I say stripper ;)) touch to the look, which I like a lot!

Yes, but I’m so utterly over stripper shoes. I’ve never worn them myself but now is definitely the time for everyone else to stop wearing them too. She gets a pass this time, tho, because I just envisioned a shorter skirt (which they would have had to do when the shoes weren’t that high) and it might have messed up the proportions of the whole look.

The hair works for me. I like that she didn’t do what everyone else would have done…

This is just great! I was wondering what shoes she had under there and then you said they were platform pumps and then I shook my head but it doesn’t look too bad in the photo and it’s a good thing the dress covers it too! Hah! BDOTW Contender for sure. Gwyneth is going to be hard to outdo!

not too bothered by the shoes as you can’t really see them, she probably just wanted to look extra statuesque.
i think her hair looks great, despite it covering up the back/neck.
she is really so consistent! love her.

I love the dress on her,it’s very lovely.But I would love it better if her hair was up,the bow detail around her neck would be more defined.Also the waist of the dress reminds me of the Valentino Couture Dakota Fanning wore to the BAFTA that was held in LA.

@Emi – lol, doesn’t even seem a Prada dress. Had to laugh because my first thought was “what, no stripes?”. This lovely gown has a fluidity and lightness of being that I do not associate with this brand (as does the coral she wore earlier).

This is absolute perfection. If she were to have worn her hair up the dress would have overwhelmed her completely and it would have felt inappropriate for the event. I also support her shoe choice. Had she opted for a simpler sandal she dress would have been altered, making the dress somewhat shorter and then the proportions may have been all off (think eva longoria)

It’s the mature version of the ballerina pink dress she wore when she was an ingenue. I would have preferred her hair up with this neckline and from others’ remarks, I’m glad I can’t see the shoes in these pics.

I like the dress best from the back – and think it would look best with her hair up in a french twist. She is very beautiful, that’s for sure!

LOL on the shoes. What WAS she thinking???

Whenever I see her in garments without sleeves, I always wonder if she’s going to have that sagging boob thing that she doesn’t seem to mind. (Remember that pink Calvin Klein dress she wore to receive her Oscar for Shakespeare in Love??) Even though she is small, she still needs support. Looks as if she might have finally figured that out!

Yes, the hair down detracts from the dress! It would have been better if she had put her hair up! Also, I noticed the boob thing, too. Don’t know if she’s quite figured it out yet, as the fit in the body still doesn’t seem quite right. Is it the creases? Would these creases have been minimized if the bodice was tailored a bit more? It seems it is pulling vertically from the neck to the breasline, then there is some horizontal access fabric creating bunching in the waist/hip area…

Yes, I agree with you on the bodice. That seems to be Gwyneth’s biggest challenge in fit for dresses. She is one person who should never go braless, it really detracts from her otherwise glamourous look.

I adore adore adore this dress, it is nice when someone goes out of the box at Film Festivals, like Mila Jovovich did at Cannes (also in Prada, no?). This reminds me so very much of Nicole Kidmans stunning red balenciaga at the academy awards, so I wish she had done liek her adn worn her hair up, but in a bun or updo rather than a ponytail, which may have not worked as well with such an elegant dress. I adore her earrings and I reallydo nto mind her shoes at all, becasue they go with the dress, and I think they were chosen for the reason that they make her taller, and one definitely needs as much height as one can get with this gown.

Perfection head to toe. Also approrpriate for the occasion in that in Italy, it seems soft and feminine is preferred. I still think her Calvin Klein gown was perfect for the Oscars. And thanks to all these years living in Europe, Gwyn didn’t resort to silicon to increase her bust line.

I’m not very fond of this gown, it reminded me of a hideous blush pink big bow gown that Jessica Biel wore from the same brand a couple of years ago at the Oscars. It’s the first thing I thought about when I saw Gwyneth. She can do better I guess

I’ll be the only person who doesn’t like this, I bet. But, for me, the giant bow wrapped around her neck looks like a dog collar. That plus big earrings plus hair down all looks too fussy. And I don’t like how the skirt puffs out from the drop waist.

I don’t mind the shoes because I think they help Gwyneth pull this gown off. They give her extra height and stature.
The hair is a disappointment though. The only option was wearing it up :/
That being said, the dress is so pretty and that bow is just too cute.

At first I was questioning her hair too but then I think she was going for a more youthful and less formal look with the hair down. The hair up would have been too overtly done. I think she looks amazing. The best I’ve seen her since getting married. She looks so perfect that I don’t even mind the shoes.

FInally she wears something worth the praise she gets. Never got the fuss over her style, but here she’s chosen something that makes her look very soft and pretty but still stylish. And she even got me to like the addition of a bow, which I normally hate.